既然...为什么
[主语/条件] + 既然 + [动词/短语] + 为什么
Core sentence pattern in modern spoken Mandarin.
[Variation: 肯定建议式]
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(我跟踪你干什么 我又不是你什么人) ── Previous context
“If you're nothing to me, then why were you following me?”
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(就是) ── Previous context
“You can't satisfy an insatiable appetite. Given what happened, why didn't you leave that family?”
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(布这么大的局 绕这么大的弯子有什么意义) ── Previous context
“If we weren't going to attack directly, why send me to the Right Army in the first place?”
[Variation: 否定劝阻式]
(1 clips)
00:03
(写的每一个字都是事实) ── Previous context
“Since there's no problem with the facts, why haven't they stamped it?”